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dissimilarity

[dih-sim-uh-lar-i-tee, dis-sim-] / dɪˌsɪm əˈlær ɪ ti, dɪsˌsɪm- /
NOUN
unlikeness
Synonyms
STRONG
contrast difference discord discordance discrepancy disparity dissimilitude distance distinction divarication divergence divergency diversity heterogeneity incongruity inconsistency nonuniformity offset otherness separation severance unrelatedness variance variation
WEAK
alterity dissemblance incomparability inconsonance
Antonyms
STRONG
accord agreement alikeness concurrence conformity consistency equality harmony likeness sameness similarity uniformity
WEAK
compatibility relatedness

Example Sentences

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The dissimilarity of impacts from each type can be significant.

From Washington Post • Nov. 29, 2021

But the complete tonal dissimilarity between the laugh-track side of Allison's world and the half that's entirely a grim working-class drama was never this show's problem.

From Salon • Aug. 1, 2021

Ever since Chubbs Peterson convinced Happy Gilmore to trade his Bruins sweater for a sweater vest, golf and hockey have been irrevocably intertwined—an odd couple united by apparatus, cultural dissimilarity, and the comedy therein.

From Golf Digest • Jun. 5, 2019

But for all the surface dissimilarity of their deeds, the two men are ultimately guilty of the same transgression.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 28, 2019

To the wingless a more arresting phenomenon is their dissimilarity in every particular except shape and size.

From " The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald